Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c18.11

v3.c18.11

goes he is known by the alternative appellation of Srausha'. It is worthy of note here that Mr. Nāgēndranāth Vāsu has pointed out that the name of the attendant of the Sun, as known in the Avesta is, Sraoshavareza or simply Srosh sometimes. The same Bhavishyat-purāṇa adds further that the Aśvinidēvatās may also he made to be standing, one on each side of Sūrya, or, on the right of Sūrya, there might be Piṅgala with an inkbottle and a pen and on the left Daṇḍi with a daṇḍa in his hand. The goddesses Rājñī and Nikshubhā are also required to be made to stand on either side of Sūrya. It is said that these two goddesses represent the air and the earth.